Adjustable window-screen.



No. 649,625. Patented May l5, I900. J. c. BDWE.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SCREEN.

7 (Application filed Dec. 18, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNrrn STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JAMES C. BOI/VE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

ADJUSTABLE WlNDOW-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,625, dated May 15,1900.

Application filed December 18 1899. Eerial 110,740,713. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. Bown, a citlzen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Window-Screens and Attachments; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

7 My invention relates to rolling windowscreens, and has reference moreparticularly to the brackets whereby the roller carrying the screenmaybe supported, the object being to provide brackets which may beapplied without defacing the casings of the window and which may beremoved and replaced without the aid of tools.

The invention consists in novel brackets having slots in the edgesthereof arranged in a manner whereby the above object is attained; andit consists, further, in the parts and combination of parts particularlydescribed and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a fragmentary frontelevation showing a screen-roller in operative position in the bracketsconstructed in accordance with my invention and having a portion of anunrolled screen attached thereto; Fig. 2, a transverse fragmentary viewon a line Z Z of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a longitudinal central sectional viewof an extensible screen-roller to which my improved brackets areconnected, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 enlarged detail views.

In the drawings similar letters and numerals of reference in the severalviews designate similar parts. a

In practically carrying out my invention I apply removable brackets tothe opposing faces of the inner slide-strips M M, which are attached tothe frames L of the windows, so that the screen roller may be mountedclose to the adjacent sash and the free end of the screen may besuitably connected to the sash. The roller is situate closely above thesillfacing 2'. As it is designed that the screens and all attachmentsthereof are to be applied without requiring the cutting and fitting ofany parts other than the inserting of small screws or nails, thebrackets are provided with projections that enter the ends of therollers, and the rollers are extensible, and so are the screens, in thedirection of their width across the window-opening.

The windows and frames shown will be understood as merely illustratingthe adaptation of my invention thereto, the side parts L L designatingthe frame having a sill j and sillfacing t', the usual slide-stripsbeing suitably attached to the frame.

The brackets E and F for supporting the lower screen A and its roller Bare composed each of a very thin plate of metal of identical contour,buthaving theirproj ections arranged at opposite sides of the plates, so asto adapt one for the right and the other for the left hand side. Eachhas at its top edge a slot to and at a side edge near the opposite end aslot o, in which the retaining-screws may be set, without their heads,however, bearing hard against the face of the bracket-plate, so that thelatter may slide away from the screws without having to loosen thelatter. The bracket E has a projection m, in which is a rectangularsocket t to receive the flattened end a of the roller-axle Q common tospringrollers, the projection on extending into the end of the roller,which in the present case has a sleeve S attached to it and having ahead 19 set somewhat within its outer end, and a shoulder on the axle Qbears against the inside of this head. One end of a spring R, coiledabout the axle, is attached to the head, and its opposite end isattached to the inner end of the axle, the axle and spring being loosein a circular recess in the end of the roller. The opposite end of theroller has a circular socket Z to receive the projection Z, which is astud-axle attached to the bracket F. Each bracket is also preferablyprovided with a screw or nail hole s,which may in some cases bedesirable. The brackets may be inverted and used at the top of thewindow for an upper screen.

The rollers for the bottom and top screens are alike, preferably of woodmaterialmainly, each being substantially cylindrical, but having sidegaps or recesses, which are covered 5 lindrical end. Each part ishalved, so that the part 2 has a transversely-semicircular part 3 andthe part 4. has a like semicircular portion 5. The plane sides areplaced together, an encircling band 6 being attached 10 to. the portion3 and a like band 7 attached to the portion 5, and when the partshavebeen adjusted a screw 8 or tack is driven in to prevent movement ofthe two parts relatively longitudinally. d

The screen A in order to be employed to the greatest advantage with myimproved brackets and an extensible roller may comprise two rectangularsections of suitable flexible material, each section having one edgeoverlapping one edge of the companion section, as in *Fig. 1, in whichthe side edge a is placed at one end of the roller 13 and the oppositeside edge a extends beyond the longitudinal center of the roller, thecompanion section having aside edge I) overlapping the edge a and havingits opposite side edge I) situate at the opposite end of the roller. Theroller may first be adjusted to a proper length to fit the space betweenthe brackets and then the screenseetions adjusted to conform thereto andsecuredto the roller by small tacks. A further advantage may be gainedby applying a strip of fabric 01 at the edges to and b, so as to providea thickness thereat equal to the combined thickness of the doubled oroverlapping portions.

In order to close the apertures at the edges of the screens, I apply astrip 0 to each strip M,close to the front of the screen, so that theedge of the latter runs between the strip 0 and the sash-slideway.

While I show the screen as applied to a sash sliding vertically, it isobvious that my invention is applicable to a sash arranged to slidehorizontally, and also that a cord may be connected to the screen todraw the same across a window-opening where the sash may be hung onhinges.

In operation, the attachments having been connected and the screens androllers mounted, as described in detail, the lower screen is connectedto the bottom rail of the lower sash and the upper screen is connectedto the top rail of the upper sash in a suitable manner, a screw-driveror a hammer being the only tool required in this work. When the lowersash is raised, the lower screen unrolls and follows the sash and coversthe opening. When necessary to reach outside blinds, the screen may bequickly detached from the sash and as readily connected again, and forthe purpose of cleaning the screen may be quickly removed entirely withits roller by simply drawing the roller outward from the sash, thetension of the spring in the roller acting in a direction to preventaccidental dislodgment of the roller-brackets, as they normally tend todraw the roller and brackets toward the sash and to the securing screwsy also upwardly.

The act of drawing the upper sash down draws the upper sc'reen down overthe opening left by the sash. Reverse movements of the sashes permitsthe springs R, which are wound under tension, to again wrap the screensabout their rollers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a rolling screen, the combination of the window-strips, the sash,a pair of screws projecting from the strips and so situate that thelower screw of each pair shall be closer to thesashway than the otherone of the pair, the brackets each having the slot in the top edge ofthe body thereof engaging the upper one of a pair of said screws andhaving also the slot in the edge of the body thereof disposed toward thesash and situate at the lower end of said edge and engaging said lowerone of said pair of said screws, the roller mounted in said brackets,and the screen mounted on said roller, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. In a rolling screen, the combination of the window-strips, the sash,the screws projecting from the strips and situate in pairs in alinementlongitudinally at opposite strips, the brackets having each the slot atthe edge thereof and the slot at the lower end of the edge thereofdisposed toward the sash and having also the projecting axles, theroller mounted on said axles, and the screen mounted on said roller,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. BOXVE.

\Vitnesses:

WM. H. PAYNE, E. T. SILvIUs.

